PSC 3304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sam Huntington, Feta, Arab Spring
17 Feb 2017
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Review: explain difference between primordialism and non-primordialism (constructivism) Group of people (numbers only matter for impact) Framing of your claim (must appeal to others"; awareness; sympathy) Feeds into larger political debates (broader issue) Worthiness (enough for others to get on board) *non-violence tends to be more popular way to get sympathy. Success theories: (1) political process theory (to explain social movements) A lot depends on interactions between two sides. You need to look at political opportunity structure. Strategies of contention (different ways of demonstrating wants/causes) Different tactics (variation) helps success (2) resource mobilization theory. Not enough to have group of grieved/disgruntled individuals. Need to have leader/group who claim they deserve power. Revolution, targets government by mobilization of social movement. Sam huntington much broader than one policy issue. Idea of modernization as a force to mobilize social groups. Feta skocpol emphasis on pressure from below; major shift in structure of state. Need to look at 3 elements of system.
